Gaming rig help!

Sylv

Sylv

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Hey guys, I've been out of the hardware loop for a while now, good 2 years or so. I have a rough idea what I'm look for but not sure entirely what works well with what, gaming rig with a max budget of £1300, obviously can come in under that!

I don't need an OS. Need a monitor and mechanical keyboard preferred. :)
 
A little over, but Motherboard comes with a free cooler:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £157.99
1 x BenQ GL2460 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/8X) £71.99
1 x Ducky DK2108 Zero Mech Mechanical Keyboard Red Cherry Switch £69.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,331.06 (includes shipping : £24.45).



Edit:

1tb drive:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £157.99
1 x BenQ GL2460 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/8X) £71.99
1 x Ducky DK2108 Zero Mech Mechanical Keyboard Red Cherry Switch £69.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,313.06 (includes shipping : £24.45).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD) £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £157.99
1 x IIyama Prolite E2473HS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £69.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance K65 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silver - Red Switch (CH-9000040-UK) £69.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,272.68 (includes shipping : FREE).



EDIT: Rather similar to RJC's...
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x IIyama Prolite E2473HS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £71.99
1 x Ducky DK2108 Zero Mech Mechanical Keyboard Red Cherry Switch £69.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,308.25 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 770 LTD OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WHITE EDITION** (77NPH6DT8KTZ) £259.99
1 x Asus VX239H 23" Widescreen Super-Slim Bezel LED Monitor - White £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x MSI Z87-G55 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - White £94.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (meax-059) - Blue Light £79.99
1 x CM Storm Quickfire Ultimate Keybaord - Blue Switch LED Backlit £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Blue £44.98
Total : £1,306.54 (includes shipping : £14.75).




Optional rear fan replacement, white external optical drive and bling:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSWS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - White £26.99
1 x Phanteks 140mm Blue Fan PH-F140TS_BL £16.99
1 x NZXT CB-LED20-WT 24x White LED Sleeve - 2m £13.99
1 x SilverStone ATX 24-pin cable 30 cm - Black / Blue £12.9
2 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Blue £6.9 (£13.80)
1 x Silverstone EPS 8-pin to EPS / ATX 4 +4 pin cable 30 cm - Black / Blue £6.9
Total : £101.17 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Thanks guys, I've always stuck with AMD chipsets, what kind of speeds could I expect from haswell?
 
Because I can't seem to resist these days, MATX goodness!
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Geforce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x BenQ GL2460 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x MSI Z87M Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x BitFenix Phenom MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £74.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance K65 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silver - Red Switch (CH-9000040-UK) £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £69.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
Total : £1,292.02 (includes shipping : £24.45).


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As for your question about speed - Clicky
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x BenQ XL2411T Rev2.0 24" TRUE 144Hz Flicker FREE 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £239.99
1 x "Grenadier GX6" AMD FX-6 6300 Black Edition @ 4.2GHz Six Core Gaming Bundle £208
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £119.99
1 x Akasa AK-CC4013EP01 Nero 3 V2 Premier CPU Cooler £25.99
1 x Standard Build Laptops - Approximately 3 to 5 working days £0
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 750 '80+ Gold' 750W Power Supply (CP-9020055-UK) £99.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
1 x Crucial M500 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT120M500SSD1) £65.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance K65 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silver - Red Switch (CH-9000040-UK) £64.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Creative Fatal1ty HS-800 Gaming Headset £29.99
Total : £1,390.93 (includes shipping : £20.10).



Decent set up?
 
Not really, only with a 6300 AMD cpu!

For gaming you won't need 16gb of ram, most of the time 8gb is plenty.

Builds above much superior.
 
But that CPU only runs at 3.40GHz? I'm not really interested in overclocking tbh. Well here is a revised for your consideration :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £163.99
1 x BenQ GL2450 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 750 '80+ Gold' 750W Power Supply (CP-9020055-UK) £99.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/8X) £71.99
1 x Crucial M500 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT120M500SSD1) £65.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance K65 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silver - Red Switch (CH-9000040-UK) £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,275.80 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
The AMD setup is overclocked from 3.5ghz, the Intel you can do a little overclock without to much effort to give a free performance boost.

spec looks a lot better :)
 
I know it's the wrong section to ask such a question, but what kind of overclocking potential does it have?
I wouldn't know where to begin really!

Edit: There are a few tutorial videos out there, i'll thoroughly research and I will like a little boost out of 3.4.

Thanks again :)
 
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